Green Treefrog
Hyla cinerea
Description
1 1/4-2 1/2" (3.2-6.4 cm). Bright
green, yellow, or greenish-gray. Has sharply defined light stripe
along upper jaw and side of body; side stripe occasionally absent.
Sometimes has tiny, black-edged gold spots on back. Large toe
pads.
Voice
Cowbell-like when heard at a distance.
Nearer, sound is quank, quank. Males call while clinging to vertical
stems 1-2' (.3-.5 m) above water.
Breeding
March to October in southern areas,
April to September in northern areas.
Habitat
Trees and shrubs growing in or near
permanent water. During the day frequently found asleep on underside
of large leaves or in other moist, shady places.
Range
Delaware south along the coastal plain into
Florida and the Keys, west to s. Texas, and north through c.
Arkansas and w. Tennessee to Illinois.
Discussion
Green Treefrogs congregate in large
choruses of several hundred. A typical treefrog, this species
prefers to walk rather than jump. When fleeing a predator in the
trees it takes gangly leaps into space.
